Total war was a strategy used by the Confederacy that inflicted damage to not only the soldiers but those who supported them true or fasle

False

Explanation:

Total war, as a definition, is not the hurting of all those that support opposing sides. Total war is when every aspect of the economy/life is used towards the war effort. For example, WWII was a total war in the United States. This is because many businesses turned to manufacturing war weapons and citizens had to ration their supplies.

abraham lincoln  (february 12, 1809  – april 15, 1865) was an american statesman, politician, and lawyer who served as the 16th  president of the united states  from 1861 until  his assassination  in april 1865. lincoln led the nation through the  american civil war, its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.[2][3]  he preserved the  union,  abolished slavery, strengthened the  federal government, and modernized  the u.s. economy.